DevOps Engineer

The GEO Group, Inc.; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The GEO Group, Inc. is seeking a DevOps Engineer in Colorado to design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure. You will work with development, operations, and security teams to ensure scalable, reliable deployments across platforms like AWS and Azure.

Responsibilities include CI/CD automation, monitoring, incident response, and collaboration with teams to apply best practices in IaC and container orchestration. Strong scripting and cloud experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• At least three (3) years of DevOps, cloud engineering or related roles.
• Proficiency in AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
• Strong scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with monitoring/logging tools (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, ELK).
• Certifications such as AWS SysOps, AWS DevOps Engineer or AWS Solutions Architect preferred.
• Experience with serverless architectures and microservices preferred.
• Familiarity with agile/DevOps culture.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure cloud infra on AWS and Azure.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
• Monitor, optimize performance, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate with development to ensure best practices for IaC.
• Serve as release manager for IT team.
• Manage container orchestration platforms.
• Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions.
• Assist with incident management and root cause analysis.
• Participate in on-call rotation for production support.
• Stay current with DevOps trends and technologies.

Skills

Cloud engineering

AWS

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Python scripting

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Monitoring/logging

Incident management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

CloudWatch

ELK stack

Job description

BI is one of the leading technology companies in Colorado and the largest provider of innovative electronic monitoring solutions in the United States. We excel at proving technological solutions to over 1,000 agencies nationwide and allowing those agencies to fulfill their missions without worrying about the technical complexities.

Summary

The DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure. This role will work closely with development, operations, and security teams to ensure seamless deployment, scalability, and reliability of our applications and services.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• The DevOps Engineer designs, deploys, and manages scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure on platforms such as AWS, and Azure.
• Implements and maintains CI/CD pipelines to automate the deployment process.
• The DevOps Engineer monitors and optimizes system performance, reliability, and security.
• Collaborates with the development team to ensure best practices for infrastructur.
• The DevOps Engineer serves as Software Code Release manager for the IT team.
• Manages contain orchestration platforms.
• Implements and manages logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions.
• Serves as subject matter expert to assist with incident management resolution and root cause analysis.
• Participates in on-call rotation to support production environments.
• Monitors trends and developments in DevOps and systems technologies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• At least three (3) years of experience in DevOps. Cloud engineering, or related roles.
• Ability to receive client’s approval to work on contract required.
• Must live in the US 3 of the last 5 years (military and study abroad included).
• Proficiency in cloud platforms such as AWS and Azur.
• Strong scripting skills in languages like Python, Bash, or Powershell.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormations, or Ansible.
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools CloudWatch, CloudTrail or ELK stac.
• Relevant certifications such as AWS SysOps Administrator, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or AWS Certified Solutions Architect preferred.
• Experience with serverless architectures and microservices preferred.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and DevOps culture preferred.
• Understanding of network concepts, security best practice, and compliance standards.
• Strong acumen for systems and technology.
• Working knowledge of database fundamentals.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Strong focus on business outcomes and project completion.
• Ability to provide quality product delivery and customer service in all situations.
• Direct collaboration and open communication including reaching across functional borders.
• Ability to share knowledge and experience and to provide advice to other team members.
• Adheres to Change Control management policy.
• Ability to provide detailed and summary documentation for various purposes and audiences.
• Business knowledge and understanding of the IT role in the business.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality with regard to information stored in operational databases.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.